Trampoline park to open today

LAGUNA HILLS Greg Briggs has long wanted to create an opportunity for South County families to join in a fun, affordable and energetic atmosphere.

He decided a trampoline park would do the trick.

Today, Big Air Trampoline Park is scheduled to open its doors in Laguna Hills in a former furniture store. In the 1970s and '80s, the site was home to a roller skating rink.

The 15,000 square feet of trampolines will feature a main court with runway trampolines where teens and young adults can do freestyle jumping and even bounce off the walls. A separate area was constructed for children 3-8 to keep them safe.

Briggs has a similar park in Redlands where dodge ball is the second most popular activity after birthday parties. So the Laguna Hills park has two dodge ball trampoline courts to fulfill that desire. There's also a 6-foot-deep foam pit and a slam dunk basketball trampoline court.

“It's great,” said Mason Ming, 19, who was hired to work as a court monitor. “…You get so much air. You feel weightless.”

Big Air will have two private birthday party rooms, a pizza shop, an open eating area, a lounge with a 70-inch flat screen TV, Wi-Fi, and a video arcade.

Aerobic classes will be offered three nights a week, Briggs said.

“This is something they can do for fun and burn 1,000 calories an hour,” Briggs said.

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